The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-02 00:00:00

MA; Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day, the arrivals of home grown wheat were of very moderate extent. The general condition of the supply was very middling, and the trade, generally, ruled inactive. Selected parcels, hoWever, were trin in prices, and damp qualities changed hands at about previous rates; There was a good supply of foreign wheat on the stands. The demand for all descriptions ruled inactive, bat no Change took place in prices, compared with Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request, at late rates. Good and fine malting barley moved off steadily, at fully previous qualities. Medium and low quotations, however, sold heavily, at late prices. In malt, only a moderate business transacted, on former terms. There was a moderate suupply of oats on the stands, The trade was firm fur 411 qualities,'and prices had an up- Ward tendency. Beans and peas were in steady request, at full quotations. In LI )ur, a fair business was transacted, at pnvious rates. ARRIVALS THIS FREE'. Wheat. Barley, M a lt. O a t s . Fl our . .English 1 ,040 780 490 1,230 590 Irish .. 600 Foreign ****** 16,470 2,907 5,120 50 sks Ms NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. T hese markets continu e t o b e b u t mo d era t e ly supp li e d with meat, yet the trade is by no means active, Prices however, rule high, as follows : Per 81b, by the carcase. sd scl Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 kiddling do. .. 3 6 4 0 P rinae large do. 4 2 4 4 Po. small d 0... 4 6 4 8 la &Argo pork .. • • 3 6 4 4 ferior mutton. 3 6 4 0 dsd Middling mutton 3 6 4 0 Prime do .. 4 2 4 6 Vaal Small pork .. 4 6 41U Lamb BOROUGH HOP. r Our market continues very firm, and prices have, in some instances, an upward tendency. The supply of foreign hops on sale is moderately large. • per cwt. New Mid and East Kent .... 110 s tr. 200 s New Weaid of Kent New Sussex Yearlings COLONIAL. TEA..—The market has remained very quiet, operations l aving been postponed until the public sales, which com- Mence on Tuesday next. SvaAm.—There has been a better inquiry for West India d escriptions, but only a limited quantity has been disposed of at about late rates. In the refined market fair quality l umps are quoted 43s to 43s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—A fair amount of business has been done by Private contract in colonial descriptions, and superior quail. ties have realised full rates. OocoA.—Only a small business has been reported, and Prices of Trinidad have given way is to 2s per cwt. KicE.—The continued high rates demanded by holders has, in a great measure, checked operations for both home And foreign consumption. GREEN FRUIT Market not go good this week, and prices tgenerally lower, Some parcels St. Michael oranges, sold by Keeling and Hunt, went at is to 2s per package cheaper. Other kinds in character. Lemons without alteration. Black Spanish nuts maintain their value. Barcelona dull; Para scarce. Chesnuts 2s per bag lower. Almeria grapes reduced in value 2s to 3s per barrel. T ALLOW.—Business bas continued very dull, and quota tions for both present and forward delivery show a further a light decline. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 40s 9d, and J anuary to March 41s 6d per cwt. 11 ONEY A.RKET AND rIOMIZECIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK. The stringency recently noticed in discount circles has made further progress to-day. The l owest rate in the open market is now on a par With the Bank of England minimum, and 7 per c ent, is therefore charged for negotiating even the be et descriptions of mercantile bills. This upward movement in the quotations is due to the large de mand made by the public whose commitments are 41 ly becoming heavier in consequence of the re venue collections and some large engagements on 4 ndian account, which will be duo to-morrow. There is no doubt that some of the unfavourable features in the Bank of England return have also exercised an adverse influence, and induced brokers t° be more cautious in their transations. There were no bullion operations of importance .t the Bank yesterday. The Pennsylvanian has arrived from New York with £41,000. The bar silver by the last West India packet has b een sold at ss. ltd. per ounce, standard. The weekly return from the Bank of England 18110 We that the establishment has, through the 'Withdrawals of gold for the Continent, and other °Perations, lost a rather large amount from its re /lervea. A large number of bills under discount h as als o run off, and the item termed Other Securities °Se consequently been lessened. Subjoined is our usual analysis : Active Circulation .. £19,823,100 Increase .. .• • • 258,245 Bullion .. • • •• •• 13,909,924 Decrease .. •• 141,170 Re s t .. 3,286,211 Decrease .. g OS 31,884 Public Deposits .. 6,301,202 Increase .. 782,342 Other Deposita.. 13,272,161 Decrease • • • • .• .. 1,086 360 Seve n D ay an d o th er Bill s .. 507, 9 5 5 Decrease .. 47,757 G overnment Securities 10,474,542 Increase .• • 100,000 Other Securities .. 18,629,163 Decrease .. .. • • 81,241 Notes Unemployed 8,032,160 Decrease .. 457,225 T he directors of the Port Phillip and Colonial fr pi d Mining Company have received, by telegram °l n Suez, the following advic e s, i n an ti c ipation of t,. Australian mail, from their resident director, of r Bland, at Clunes, giving the result of the month September last :—Sie wee k s ' re t urn —Q aan tity of d quartz crushed, 5,300 tons; yield per ton, 10 11 1 Vt. 4a qrs., or 2,700 oz. of gold. Receipts, £5,100; P r aents, £1,600 ; profit, £3,500 ; remittance, " 13 °O. All well. 4 meeting has been held of the creditors of i ee ers John M`C a ll, p reserve d p rov i s i on merc h an t s, b4lO [ suspended on the 15th November. The balance eet submitted by th e account an t s , M essrs . C o l e , 413, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., showed liabilities o i ll i , c ' u nting to £31,761, and assets representing 5 ) 4 86. The creditors, after some discussion, fi t i r eed to a compos iti on o f 10 s. i n t h e pound, pay.. °by instalments of 2s. 6d. each, the last being 12 months hence. alti ' t a meeting of the creditors of M r Ch ar l es Wil e et ; j ulporter of silks, a cash payment w as acce pt e d l s• 6d. in the pound. The accountants were th e e e re• Lovering and Minton, a n d th e i r b a l ance . gt e t stated the liabilites at £25,249, and the assets 1 , 421 ,660. the Bank of France return for the past week h it : be rega r d e d as very sa ti s f ac t ory. Th e b u lli on t 2l b een increased £760,000, the Treasury balanc es no te ' OOO , and the current accounts £480,000. The :4 ' 2 ° in circul a tion h ave a l so been augmented .tao,'„ °° °. The discounts have been lessened 4 C IOO , and the adv a n ces £40,000. t h ou bas been issued by the directors of the of 1 ,. °11 and Northern Bank, convening a meeting coneue S hareholders for the purpose of taking into ttki.ideration the propriety of winding up their ltn a d t ti and transferring their business to the Mid tiseri_4'l-ung Company, in consideration of a sum of til l equivalent to one and half-year's purchase b " Profits, tto leh lirin g the last few days there has not been titice , ani rnation in the F ore i gn an d C o l o nial Pro deolil/11rkete. Sugars have in s o m e instances h tie d _about 6d. per cwt. Coffee, however, has to th: fair demand, at full rates. Rice, ow i ng iloid tr h igh rates demanded by importers and Baleei has sold very slowly, while the public f orm er fr uit and spices have proceeded steadily, at 'erred The operations in tea have been de b:util Tuesday next, when a large quantity dell, 00 n irered at public sale. Tallow has been 4 4(1 fo.' gen erally at lower rates, for both present `Wtird delivery. Two O'CLOCK. T qc. At p cos, dna, this day, accor di ng t o M r . R en t er ' s ItE ra rn, the per cent. French lten tee were 64 . 45. 1:14,i htt f ' n eaa has been very quiet to-day in the mare tk-Li°t . the English Funds, and prices consequent y bo,. it bat little change of importance, Console 8 89 k i for mo ney, and 891 1 fur the account, ---,.......,............--,.........—. Iboth quoted l ess the half-year's dividend. The recent speculation appears to be now subsiding, speculators generally preferring to wait a short time to see more definitely what course the money market is likely to take. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88Z -a ; Exchequer Bills, June, 62. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1034 i; Enfaced .54 per Cents,, 1081'; Debentures, 974 ; and Bonds, 6s. premium. In the Foreign market there has been very little animation or fluctuation in prices. Turkish 6 per Cants., 1862, are 711 ; ditto Consolides, 461 1; Mexican, 291 ; ditto New, 271 ; Greek, 23 / ; Spanish Passive, 321. 33 ; ditto Certificates, 15 I ; Portuguese, 47Z ; th 3 Confederate Loan, 59 60; the Egyptian Loan Z- 3- prem.; and the Danubian I 1/ prem. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, but in one or two instances prices have shown a slight advance. Metropolitan have improved ; Great Northern A Stock, £2 ; Midland 15i.; and Lancashire and Yorkshire 10s. London and Black wall, however, have declined £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue with• out material change in value. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in• active, at about previous quotations. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debenture Scrip is quoted 1 11. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Dec 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B Bs 8 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 Do 5 per Cont., Jan. 1873 .unuities, 30 yrs, expire Ith Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 :77 March. June. 6 dis Zxchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO .. ank England SIR, 51 per Ct. Do Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1570 1)o Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 • Do Certificates Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4f pet Cent. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds/3,000 — Do under £1,000...... FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ikustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent -- Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cen'., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 B3l Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do Account.... , — .;hilian 6 per Cent — Do 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Gent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per C en t, 1864 6'quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant... Egyptian 7 per Cent 95/ Do, Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds .. Greek 5 per Cent. ) 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Do Account Do Coupons.. Do Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian S per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) itexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do Scrip, £43 paid.... Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis x d Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred 62 Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... — Do 4f per Cent., 1862 Do Account - 4 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 471 Do Account Russian 5 per Cent 1822, £ St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 • . Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 — Do le per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £65 paid pin Sardinian 5 per Cent .... ........ Do Account ipanish 3 per Cent .... , Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 322 1 3 ;panish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account .. 15k 1 15 . .. _ .. _ 'wedish, 4 per Cent. Do Scrip, £6O paid — pin Curkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account ...... 83 i Do 6 per Cent. 1858 . •••• -- Do Account _ Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cont. 1862 Do Account .. 71/ / i Do £lOO Bonds. Do 1863 . . Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent .. — Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account lBl Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account.... Do 6 p Conc., 1861 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent„ Ex. 10 Florins. Bslgian 42 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 97 1)o 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent. — Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — IDo Account .. 6ll I Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9of f I Do Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. A good enquiry, at fully advance on yesterday's rates. Sales, probably 10,000 bales. The Letter of Muller's Father. In consequence of the letter which appeared in the limes of yesterday, addressed by the con vict Muller, while under sentence of death in Newgate, to his father and other immediate rela tives in Germany, Mr Sheriff I)akin has felt it to be his duty to hand to us, with a view to publication, a letter written in answer to that communication by the father of the convict. It should be explained that the letter of the convict, whictt was written on the Ist of November, a fortnight before his execu• tion, was placed in the bands of Mr. Sheriff Dakin on that day to be forwarded to its destination. The Sheriff forwarded it without delay, and the reply, having been received at Newgate on the 12th of November, the day but one before the execution, was immediately handed to the condemned man. After the execution it plesed into the bands of the sheriffs as the proper custodians of such a docu ment, and is now published with their sanction and at their request : "Unglucklicher Sohn,—Deinen Brief haben wir erhalten den 6ten November. Aber, ach, wie tief bist du gefallen ! Du verlangst Verzeihung von uns. Wir vergeben dir, and wenn du schuldig bid so : . :wird Gott dir such vergeben, and bist du unschuldig so wird Gott dir deine letzten Stunden erleichtern. Ich will schlissen ; meine Gedanken vergchen mir. Gott sei mit dir. Amen. "DEIN UNGLUCKLICIIER VATER. " Langen Dembach, den 9ten Nov., 1864." A translation, as nearly literal as possible, is subio:ned "Unhappy Son,— We received your letter on the 6th of November, but, alas! how deeply you have fallen. You ask us to forgive you ;we do forgive you, and if you are guilty, may God forgive you also. If you are innocent, may God lighten your last hours. I must conclude, for my thoughts fail me. God be with you. Amen. " YOUR UNHAPPY FATHER. Langen, Dembaeb, Nov. 9." The extreme brevity of the letter in comparison with the length of that of the son to which it was a reply, and its general tone produced an impression on the minds of the Sheriffs and the authorities at Newgate at the time that the convict had failed to convince his father of his innocence. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. —The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached a "political sermon" on the Sunday after the Bth of November. "Never before," he exclaimed, " have Christ and Belial been more clearly opposed, and thank God, Cbrist has beaten," THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIING, DECEMBER 2, 1864. SHARE hIARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Llll. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. it tily - ille and Tyne. 1 st Bristol and Exeter ! zt Caledonian ... ! iO . Cori: and Bandon I :9 Cornwall 1 10 1 0 1 I lOU 100 a:1 all Railways. I Paid. Closing Business Price. I done. 10 !Do A 1 vets no div an 10 Do. B till 6p c.p an. has all been paid to li. 50 Dublin & Belfast June.! all 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. , all at Edinburgh & Glasgow.' 100 at Glasg. and S. Western.' 100 at GreatEastcrn, Ord. stlc 100 st Ditto A stock ' 100 at Ditto EastAnglian st, 100 at GreatNorthot Scotland: 100 st Great Northern ' 100 at Do A stock I 100 st Do B do at Gt. S. an IW. of Irelan.i 100 at Great Western,Orig,inal 100 at Do Str Val trim. bt0,.;1: 100 at Do. South Wales ! .00 st Do. West Rid. -Oxford luu at Do Newport, 100 at Do Hereford' lor, st Lancashire & Yorkshire! IGO at London and Blackwall: 100 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast' 100 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 at Lon. & North Western 100 at Lon. & Scrgth Western 100 st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 60 Maryport and Carlisle. all 12 Do t shares... ,, all at Metropolitan all at Midland st Do Binning. & Derby 100 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. i shares 26 Mid Kent „.... all st North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee at Nth. Eastern—Berwica 26 Do, G.N.E. purchast at Do Leeds at Do York at Do Carlisle 25 Do. Stock. & Darling 26 Do do 1855-58 26 Do do I.BrlG-61 at North London 10 Do New .. .. 10 Do New, 1864. st North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction at Scottish Central st Scot N. E. ' Aber. stoop st Do Soot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews, and Welchpoo' it Shropshire Union at South Devon at South Eastern 20 6 taines, Wok.,andlirok at Taff Vale- 10 Do C at Vale of Neath at Waterford & Kilkenny at West Cornwall et W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R 100 100 100 100 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 111 City of London Real Property, lim., 21 City Offices, lira., 51 Commeroial Union, Insurance, MI Company of African Merchants, 1im.,:21 Contract Corporation, lim., 2, Credit Fancier and Mobilicr of England, Ditto (£2), 5,1 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lirn,, 7 Discount Corporation. 141 East India Irrigation and Canal, 6 Egyptian Corn and Trading, Um., 5E 5 Gellivera, Urn., 31 4 33 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 7 1 7 Home and C , lonial A ssurance, liin , 5i Hudson's Bay, 161 International Financial Fociety, lira., 7 1 I International Land Credit, lim., 6, Joint Stock Discount, Rm., 7/ 1 Land Securities, Lm., 4„1 i London Financial Association, lint. 25 - 1 1 London General Omnibus Company, 2i 31 dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 2 National Financial, lim., 6 1 I Ocean Marine Insurance), 26.; Oriental Commercial. lim., 8 Peel River Land and Mineral, 42 Peninsula LAI d Oriental Steam, 53 ii 2 1 Ditto, new, St, Telegrat h Construe. and Maintenance, lira., 31 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 71 Universal Marin., Insurance, lim., 41 Van Diemen's Land, 01 Railway and other Companies, CALEDONIAN. A special gene ra l meet i ng o f thi s company was held on Tuesday at Gl asgow ; Li eu tenant-Colonel Salkald in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they had convened the meeting for the purpose of obtaining the authority of the shareholders to raise the capital requ'site for the construction of certain branch railways sanctioned by Acts passed in the last Session of Parliament. The directors unanimously recommended the shareholders to raise the new capital by the creation and issue of a4l per cent, preference stock. The amount now required was rather less than £.30,000. He concluded by moving a formal resilution, authcrising the creation and issue of that amount of 4f per cent, preference stock, which was seconded and unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN said the next resolution he had to sub mit was the subscription to the Portpatrick Railway of £lO,OOO, which the directors had already paid, and he trusted that the arrangement with that company would have the effict of improving the position of the Caledonian Company. Mr A. BUCHA NAN seconded the motion. Mr Meiklarn, Mr Robertson, Mr C. Smith, jun., Mr M'Gavin, and other shareholders opposed the motion. In the course of a long discussion an amendment was proposed and negatived, and the original motion was carried. The working agreement between the Caledonian and Portpatrick Companies was then approved, and the proceedings con cluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MADRAS. The traffic receipts on this company's south-west line for the quarter ending the 30th of September List amounted, on 463 miles open, to £71,339, or £154 lOs 7d per mile, against £55,678 on 407 miles open, or £136 16s per mile, for the corresponding period of last year. On the company's north west line, 41 miles in length, the receipts for the three months have been £5,119, or £124 17s Id per mile against £3,810, or £92 13s 6d per mile for the corresponding period of last year. Another section of 38 miles of this line, from TripAty to Reddypully, was opened for traffic on the let of October last. EAST INDIAN IRRIGATION AND CANAL. The half-yearly general mceting of this company was held on Wednesday at the London Tavern, Mr J. Thomson in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in ne Sun, was taken as read• The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the works had been going on in the most satisfactory way during the past six months. Their great object was to bring the works into profitable or eration as soon as possible, and with that view they had concentrated their efforts on such parts of the undertaking as were likely to yield re turns at the earliest period. They were informed by their chief engineer that the present outlay and progre:s would soon bring about satisfactory results. The works had suffered to some extent from the recent cyclone, which he believed was one of the severest that had ever been known i❑ India; but they had not yet been informed as to the ex tent of the damage to the works ; they did not, however, anticipate anything serious. Tho Oolaberish Canal was opened for navigation on the let May last, and the result was so far satisfactory; they fully expected that when it was completed, in connexion with other works, it would yield a good return. Some of their operations were in a very forward state, and he had no doubt the undertaking, when completed, would be very remunerative. There was a great demand for irrigation, and the value of a good system was fully appreciated in India. He trusted that they would all ba spared to see the completion of their extensive and most useful undertaking. In reply to questions it was stated that they were assured by the engineer that all the wurks now in progress would be completed withi❑ the limits of the existing capital of the company, and that they did not intend to make a further call until next year, which would probably be about £3 per share. Resolutions were passed adopting the report and re. elccting the retiring directors and auditor. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the pro- ceedings. WATERLOO BRIDGE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen-street—Mr Anders'm in the chair. Mr I OWELL read the report, which stated that the tolls for the last half year had amounted to £11,289, against £11,d67 in the corresponding period of last year, being a decrease of £278. The foot tolls had produced £5,453, and the horse tolls £5,827. After providing for all current charges, interest on bonds, and payment of a dividend of 4s 4d in the pound, there remained a surplus of £739, which made the reserve fund £5,423. The bridge and its ap proaches were in a sound and satisfactory condition. The C HA IR "-N. i.a moving the adoption of the report, said that about two-thirds of the traffic receipts of the bridge were derived from the 'Waterloo Railway station. Mr BIRD seconded the resolution, which was adopted, Messrs Hedger, Turner, Joyce, and Bennett, the retiring directors, were elected, as was also Mr Stuck@ as auditor. A vote of thanks t o th e chairman cone l a d e d th e proceed ings. Fatal Catastrophe at Glasgow. On Wednesday tight a me l anc h o ly accident occurred to one of the harbour f erry boats at Glasgow, i nvo l v i ng th e loss of 14 lives, and pl acing several ot h er persons f or th e time in serious 6 0 - P a r- a Y. These ferry boats, which belong to the Clyde trustees, ply between the opposite sides of the harbour, and are cap ac i ous vessels, license d t o carr y 24 per sons besides the ferrym an. About 6 o ' c l oc k o n tho night in question, one of the b oats left the north f or t h e sou th qua y, having on board, as f ar as can be ascerta i ne d, 21 p assenge rs and one ferryman, m os t of them being wor ki ng men , w h o had just finished th e l a b ours of the day an d ava il e d them selves of the ferry as affording a shorter route to their homes —homes which ma ny of the poor fellows were d est i ne d never to see more. Th ere d oes no t appear to have been any women on board. The river, in consequence of the recent rains, was mating in heavy fl oo d, and the tido was about one-third ebb. A m i nute or two before the b oat put out from the quay the steamer Inverary Castle had passed the place on her way up to her berth. The captain of this ves sel states that ho noticed the boat at the ferry steps, and that at that time he was g o i ng dead slow. As he subse quently heard no cries it would appear that ho must have been some distance ahead before the boat started. But be this as it may, whether from the disturbance of the water occasioned by the steamer) or from whatever other cause, the boat had only proceeded a few yards from the stairs when she was overtaken by a heavy wave, which dashed over her same gunwale, leavin g h er half-filled with water, and at the uv time nsale cau,sing her to r o ll v i o l en tly. The passengers wore thrown into the utmost consternation, and many of them made a sudden movement to one side of the boat. Pre sently another wave came over the gunwale, which, owing to the irregular movement of the passengers, was probably lower than it might otherwise have been, and the boat heeled over to the port side and turned bottom upwards. Several of the passengers, on seeing the boat beginning to sink, jumped into the water and struck out for the north shore. The others were submerged when the boat rolled over, seve ral of them being, no doubt, carried under her, and thus placed in the most unfavourable circumstances for escape. The boat did not sink, but turned right over and floated bottom upwards down the stream, with several persons clinging to her keel and gunwale. The cries of the unfortu nate people at once attracted attention on shore, and on board of the vessels lying at the adjoining berths. The ferryman in charge of the other boat plying on the station at once put out, but by the time be got to the scene of the disaster the swamped boat had floated out of sight, and none of the un fortunate passengers could be seen in the water. Another boat was lowered, which, fielding no one in the water, seems to have followed the swamped boat, and assisted in rescuing the unfortunate fellows who were clinging to it. Four of the passengers succeeded in reaching the shore, and under medical treatment were to far restored in the course of an hour or two that they were eble to be taken to their homes. About 200 yards below the scene of the catastrophe another of the ferrymen fell in with the 1 oat, and found three men holding on by her keel, and one beneath immersed in the water convulsively clutching the gunwale. The three men who get keel were taken ashore little the worse, but the the fourth, a man about 50 years of age, died in the course of the evening. The remaining 14 persons were drowned, and np to a lets hour on Wedassday night their bodies lased not been recovered. ROYAL 'AMPHITHEATRE.. —Mrs Maoready ap peared on Monday night, and continues to play at this theatre in Westland Marston's "Philip Augustus," or, as it is now to bo called, Marie do Meranie," which abounds in noble language and original thought, and which has at least one very effective scene. As an after-piece " Dearest Mamma" is played, and in the eccentric part of Browser Mr Addison lavishes all his art in making up and all his great power of comedy. The part is decidedly a creation. — Liverpool Daily rose. TILE UNITY BANK TNQUIRY.—Joseph Wakefield Terry and Thomas Birch were again brought before the Lord Mayor, to undergo further examination upon a charge of having, they being respectively manager and secretary of a public company called the Unity Joint-Stock Bank, unlawfully made and circulated a written statement, to wit a balance-sheet of the affairs of the said company up to 30th June, 18G2, they well knowing the same to be false, with intent to deceive and defraud the members and shareholders of the company, contrary to the statute, &c. Mr Sykes, the manager of the Western Branch of the Unity Bank, was further examined with respect to the sol- vency of the branch under his direction, and also as to the balanse-sheet he had transmitted to the principal office of the bank in Cannon•street in 1862. In answer to Mr Sleigh, he said the directors at the parent establishment were invariably put in possession of every thing relating to the position of the Western Branch. and that some of the directors very frequently visited the establishment. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) WESTMINSTER. POVERTY AND CRIME.—Mary Ann Meggeson, a very creditable-looking woman, apparently about 25 years of age, was charged with wilfully breaking windows in the work house of St. Luke, Chelsea. George Blandtord, porter, at the workhouse, said that the defendant applied to him last night for lodging, He ad mitted her for the night into the ward appropriated for tramps, and as soon as she got in she began to break the windows. He was attracted by the noise, and on going into the ward found them broken, but did not see the de fendant do the damage. Mr Arnold asked whether there were any other persons in the ward, and on being informed there were, inquired how the witness knew that defendant was the person who had done the damage P The porter replied that he knew by the defendant's own confession. She did not hesitate for a moment, when he entered the ward, but said "I bruke the windows." The amount of damage was 2s. Mr Arnold (to defendaut)—What have you to say to this ? Defendant—They have turned me out without home or habitation, and I broke the windows to get better provi sion. Mr Arnold—They took you in to giva you a night's lodging. Defendant—What is a night's lodging? I cannot live upon that nor upon what they give me. I have a bit of dry bread given me at night and the same in the morning, and then they turn me cut to wander the streets till night again. On Wednesday week they admitted me into the house, and I then entreated them to let me be a few days, but they would not, and turned me out, and I have been wandering about with a bit of bread at night and a bit of bread in the morning only ever since, and I did this for a place to put my head in and some food. Mr Arnold—This is not the way to put yourself in the right. I cannot allow the parish property to be wilfully destroyed. I must commit you to prison for seven days, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. ALLEGED FRAUD IN TILE EXPORT PICKLE TRADE.— Robert Feast and Henry Feast, lately carrying on business as export oil and pickle merchants at Finsbury House, Kingsland-road, and Finsbury-pavement, were again placed at the bar, on remand, on a charge of fraud. The prisoners, it will be recollected, were alleged to have committed a fraud upon Mr Landell, a merchant, carrying on business in Austin Friars. The prisoners were in the habit of shipping large quantities of pickles to Messrs Colander, of Melbourne, Australia. When the goods were sent down to the wharf, Mr Landell was in the habit of advancing money on the goods on •he production of the wharf receipts and the invoice, to the extent of about 75 per cent. of the whole value of the goods. In the present instance the invoices purported to show that the cases upon which advances had been made contained three dczcn bottles, but upon arrival in Melbourne it was discovered that the cases only contained one dozen. The evidence adduced up to the present point related only to one shipment, which was made at the beginning of the year, upon which a sum of £IBG was advanced by Mr Landell's managing clerk, upon the supposition that the cases contained three duzon bottles each. Mr Humphreys, who appeared for the prosecution, sa'd that unfortunately this case, and that also relating to the Unity Bank, had been fixed for 10 o'clock, therefore, as as some of his witness had not arrived, ho proposed an ad journment till that day week. The solicitor for the defendants opposed the application unless hail was accepted for his clients. The Lord Mayor refused to admit the prisoners to bail and ordered them to be brought before him that day week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CREATING A DISTURBANCE AT A WORKHOUSE.— Bridget Henry, described as a laundress, was charged be fore Mr Knox with creating a disturbance at St. James's Workhouse, and also with assaulting ene of the inmates. The prisoner went to St:James's Workhouse, having c child with her, at two o'clock this morning, and asked for admission. She was immediately admitted to the casual ward, but had not been there more than three quarters of hour Alen she created a great disturbance, dragging a wo man named Connor out of bed, and striking and scratching her, and then setting to and abusing all the women in the ward, using the most disgraceful language. The gate porter (Bristow) was called to quell the disturbance, there being quite a riot going on, when the prisoner abused him, and at last was compelled to be given into custody. The prisoner had been admitted to the workhouse three times during the past three weeks, and each time created a great disturb ance through her quarrelsome temper. Mr Knox said he did not see why the poor creatures in the workhouse were to be knocked about and annoyed by a woman like the prisoner, and committed her for a month, with hard labour. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A SHOPIVOMAN IN RECENT , STREET.—Annie Alexander, a young woman, shopwoman to Mr Isaacson (trading under the name of Madame Elise), silk manufacturer and laceman, of Regent•street, charged with stealing several articles of jewellery, of the value of about £BO, the property of her employer, was again brought before Mr Knox. The prisoner was in Mr Isaacson's employ, and after she had left some property was missed, and on Mr Isaacson going to the prisoner's lodgings with a constable he found property, consisting of jewellery and other articles, of the value of £B2. Mr Longstaff, of the firm of Dod and Longstaff, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr Edward Dillon Lewis, from the dike of Mr E. Lewis, Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoner. In answer to Mr Lewis, Mr Isaacson said ho received a thoroughly good charac ter with the prisoner, Mr Longstaff said Mr Isaacson wished the prisoner Leniently dealt with. Mr Lewis asked that the prisoner might now be dealt with, but Mr Knox declined to acce6e to the application, stating that the robbery was one of an extensive nature, The depositions having been read over, Mr Lewis asked that bail might be taken. Mr Knox refused the application and committed the pri soner for trial, THAMES. Suor ROBBERIES.—CharIes !Kitchen, aged 22, a well known thief, was brought up on remand before Mr Par tridge, with stealing eight shirts, the property of Mr Wm. Terrey, shirtmaker, of No. 8, Grenada place, Commercial road, Stepney ; three sheets from the premises of Charlotte Annlllames, 386, Mile-end-road, and several other rob beries. Mrs D Imes said that on the 24th of last month, the pri soner came into h'r shop and said ho wanted to see some shirts, and buy one, lie looked at several, and put three on his arm and ran away with them. She pursued him and called out " Stop thief." William Wallace, apprentice to a wood-carver, said he heard the cry of" Stop thief." As the prisoner was pass ing him he put out his foot and threw him. The prisoner dropped the shirts, which were recovered. Mr Terrey stated that on Saturday evening, the 12th of November, the prisoner came into his shop and asked for a paper collar, which he purchased. Directly after the pri soner left he missed six or seven shirts. Another case having been made out, a shirt which the prisoner was wearing when he was arrested was produced. It was identified by Mr Terrey as one of those he had lost. A former conviction against the prisoner was proved. He was stated to be a dexterous thief. Mr Partridge committed the prisoner for trial. Federals and Confederates in Bristol. A meeting was convened at Broadmead-rooms, Bristol, yesterday to adopt an address from Bristol expressive of gratification at the re-election of President Lincoln, and the consequent continuance and extension of the anti-slavery policy which the Federal Government has inaugurated under his Administration; 61 and 2d were charged for ad mission. The room was crowded to excess. Mr PowELL, a working man, in dumb show, moved that Mr Warren, Town Councillor, should act as chairman. Mr WARREN was unable to get a hearing, the audience singing " We won't go home till morning," " John Brown,' and other songs. Cheers were given for Jeff. Davis and Lee, and groans fur Grant, Butler, and Lincoln. At last arushwas wade on the platform. Me,ers Handel, Cosshaw, and other intending speakers were ignominiously routed. Some Northern sympatisers remaining another charge was made. The chairman's table was wrenched in pieces, and the platform lift in possession of the friends of the South. Alter the 1453 of a;vat rn Lour the gas was lowered end the police elevrA the r.:era. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Dec. I—Nora, screw steamer, from Harlingen. 'Arrived, Ike. 2—Liner Monberg, from Englenohn. DEAL, Friday Morning. Anchored—Matilda, front London, tor Dounuiel, having lost an anchor and 30 fathoms of chain in Dungencss - roads, Has biIICQ been revlacnd .12ce 87 89 131 132 6 7 34 36 16 17 90 9! 106 ICS 474 4,Eq 71 81 132 134 154 155 130 t 32 91 93 77i 78# 67 69 57 59 44 46 100 162 1151 2151 81 64 10) 406 33 40 118/ 119 97 f 9 66} (7i 121 '22 13f1 1:37i 106 iOB 55 67 25 114 115 72 73 1 4 105 38 89 30 31 9 10, 123 146 2,i 79 80 10i 11 131 138 58 61 40 42 854 66 8 9 160 .70 34 44 1) It 9 111 38 40 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Itallsvnye )0 ttlantia & St Lawrcnc , fom.,liaroda&.Centln , Gu. 5 per ce.nt.. WDo. E. MI ares .inlialo and L nae Hurof 10 Do. Preference ,„J infralo,Brant,&Godriel p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, Iq7 10 00. do. July 1, 187 10 )o. do. June 1, LS; Icutta.&S.Eastn. (LIE it lapeTown 4:Dock Seri _ _` 100 Demerara 7 p.o. per. p 1 stork /I;abtn. Bengal gu. bp. stook I,:ast Indian. 92 - 11. 5 p. c 20 Do. do. J Ext.... stock °rand Trunk of Canal 1.0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge I per cent 100 Do. Ist fret. Bonds.. 100 Do. do. deferred...... 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. 100 Do. do. deferred...... 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... 100 Do. do. deferred...... 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock... 100 Do. do. deferred...... stook fit.lndlaPenin.gua. s p.c. 20 Do. Gu p. 5 per cen... 20 Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... 'took It. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. !took Do. 4/ per cent ;took Do Zug _lt. W. of Canada Share 20 Do. New •• • . • 00.6 p.c. '73 with't opt i 0 Jo. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.... LO Indian Branch Limited )ok Iladras guar., SP. 0. .. )ok Do. 41 p. o. Extensiot )ok Do. 4$ do.. •• —• • :0 Do. Fifth Extension. )ck Ilelb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bud., ,0 liclb. & llobson's Bay. 10 Nlewßrunswick et Cand.. Class A. and B. T . N.ltl.C'da6 po ist pi bd . ,oct Soinde ...... --•• , -*- ock im. De1hi........ ~.,,-. 10 do. d 0........... t , a 3t Do. Punjaub .... > ck do. Indtui.St.lolo) hr." Closing Price. Paid. 59 61 102 i V3h idis ip 5} 5i 86 9k 75 80 96 100 8) 90 102 i 1031 104 P. 5 21. 22 90 92 70 72 61 64 66 68 56 58 53 54 47 60 3) 32 28 30 103} 1041 p ipr pr ip 101 103 Vi 114 it 83 V 0 80 E 2 d 104 I 103 i v 6 88 91 03 62 63 R 82 94 10: 1(3 1024 103 j, jp 1024 10:q 95 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMEN British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... Do. do. 1883.... &J 1.11 1877-Si . ." 1/0. A P.C. Feb.& Au)., Do. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept. Do. 6 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Ape G. Hope, 6 p 6,187; Do.Ap & Oct. 188( Do. 189 , )o. Jan. & July. 1891.. ;ey.ton, Nov.lF 6 i, 6 p uo. 1878, do. gauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 Do. . 1878 Do. 1882 natal Gov. 6 per cent.. , 1.8.G0v. 6 p.c. J a.&Jul) S.W. Gov. 5 p Du. 5 p. e.,18t1 to Do. d0.,1888 & upwcit hew Zealand 6 p cent goys Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. 4ucenslanti Gcv. 6 p. c. ~A.us Gov. 6 p.c.lt 68- Do. 1 76 & u ',ward ;... Vic.oov. Op.°. Ja.&July Do. io 6 p.a. An.AzOot.. 1 100 100 100 100 100 100 T SECU 98 100 98 1 0 93 10.1 88 91 87 90 104 106 105 UP 106 108 109 111 102 105 U 9 112 1 1 )5 107 106 109 ,07 110 1 , ,5 107 90 102 97 99 95 07 04 96 .05 107 BRITISH MINES. 'amoriln Consul. Gold Chiverton ;1111ora Amalgamated , )evon G. Cone. (Tavist. Drakewal ..... Bassett East Caradon ..... Carn Brea • East Grenville ... • • • • • • East Lovell .... 6. $.1 7 '1 Russel (Tay is tk. iam.&St.Aubvn(Gwen Great treat South Tolgus Wheal Vor(Reiston /renville.. .ler&d's-Foot I ingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelani ,hike ,Iyntly Iron Ore (Lim ew Setun girth D0wn5......... 'North Roskear.... Basset{l ;orth Wheal Crotty . Prosper Tovidenee(Uny Lelni. south Uaradon(St.Cleel i.W heal Fran. (Illog•au Stray Park tin Croit 's , 'est Basset (Illogan).. .V radon (Liskeard West Chiver ton West Sewn .•••• Wheal Basset (Mogan Wheal Buller(itedrath, Wheal Ludeott rVheal Mary Ann ;Men., Wheal 3eton Treiawney (Lis Wheal Union 2.1.0. 2.7.0. 2.13.6. 8.13. 78. . 3 4. 1 8.( 2 ti 3 29; 3.1 .6 2.80 IU 6.7 li 30.17.1 i e 64 7* 334 li4 580 600 I'REFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 105 Great :\ orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 105 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 92 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di , to, Bristol and Bfrin., 6 per cent., 133 North Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 101 PIIEFEttENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4i per cent. pf., Ditto, new ~ per cent pfl, 91 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext.,!C 6 per cent., 714 London and South-Western, 4i per cent., 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London ann Chatham, 4i per Cent., E 6 • South Staffor shire, S. York. and River Dun, 102 FOREIGN . RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10 Dutch Rhenish, 214 2 Ditto (all), 26 Great Luxembourg, 114 12 114 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 104 FOREIGN MINESt Cape Copper, lim., 104 i; Panuleillo Copper, lito., 2 a Port Philip, 92 14 St. John dcl ltey (link), 37 5} 7 BANKS. Agra and Misterman's (Um.), 132 3 _3O Alliance (►um.). 87 6 1 Anglo Austrian, 61 Anglo-Italian, Um., 31 Australasia, • I.W. Bank of British Columbia, 17 Bank of Egypt, 30i Bank of utago, lim., si: Bank of Queensland (Um), 17 Bank of Wales, Urn., 17b Brazilim and Portuguese, lim.. 11 Commercial Bank of India and the East, Da o, issued at 10 pm., of which 10 is paid, 12 Consolidated Bank, lira., 14 it; 11 East London, lira., 7 English, Bcoteli, and Australian Chartered, 21 20! European Bank, lim., 9 81,191 J Imperial Bank (11m.). 30 Imperial Ottoman, 17 1t Land Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 4; f London Bank of Mexico and S. America, 11m., 71 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 10f London Joint Stock, 401 Ditto, new, 36i London and South-Western, lirn., 22 Merchant Bank, fin., 29 Mercantile and Exchange, 1 National dank, Ditto, new, 77} Provincial Banking Corporation, Um., till Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, linn, 10j Union of Austraiia,'ssj 5 Union of London, 100 100 16.13.4 10U 100 100 all 1151 8z t 2 105} 1: . 8 . 1 19 93 71 1204 II t 1361 71 i 1011 I 401 11 631 13nsiness don• [UTIEB. THE VOLUNTEERS. A committee, consisting of several leading and influential officers in the volunteer service of the country, has been formed by Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. C. H. Lindsay, for the purpose of establishing a trophy of high order as an historical record of the various contests which take place at Wimble don from year to year bet ween the picked volunteer rifle shots of England and Scotland. The object which the committee will have in view is to raise a fund 'by subscriptions from the volunteer riflemen in Great Britain, as well as from those who, though not enrolled, aro nevertheless interested in the wel. fare of the movement and the national pastime of the two countries, which is undoubtedly the prin cipal mainstay to its permanency. The committee will shortly meet to decide upon the necessary de tails for carrying out the work, after which an ex planatory address will be issued, preparatory to the arrangement of the machinery best calculated to realise the object, and which will be conduared upon as simple and economical a system, in proportion to the importance of the undertaking, that there will be no fear of an unfavourable result; for when the rate of subscription is declared, and the manner in which it will be levied is understood, the interest which the production of such a magnificent chal lenge trophy as is intended will create throughout the two countries, in connection with so honourable a contest, will be suflioient to secure a most satisfac tory response. The annual distribution of prizes to the success ful competitors in the Ist Surrey Rifles took place last evening in the extensive dill•shed belonging to the corps at Hanover -park, Peckhem, which was well filled with the volunteers and their friends, Ile prizes were numerous and handsome, exceed ing £4OO in value, and were distributed by Lady Pollock, wife of General Sir G. Pollock, the hono rary. colonel of the regiment. A prize given by Mr Daulton, M.P., was handed to the fortunate winner by that gentleman himself. The formal portion of the proceedings having terminated, Lieu tenant-Colonel Macdonald, commanding the regi ment, expressed on behalf of the corps their sense of the honour done them by the presence of Lady and Sir G. Pollock. (Cheers.) He congratulated the corps upon the great increase which had taken place in the number and value of the prizes awarded, be ing this year 52 as against 28 last year. In conch. sion the gallant colonel expressed on his own behalf and on that of the regiment he commanded their deep regret at the approaching retirement of Col. M'Murdo, who had done so much to organise the volunteer force, and to whom the Ist Surrey Rifles were especially indebted. As that retirement was from the rules of the service inevitable, it was at least satisfactory to know that Colonel M'Murdo was to be succeeded by Colonel Erskine, who had co-operated with him, and who had been in his confidence during his connection with the volunteer service. (Cheers.) General Sir G. Pollock briefly expressed Lady Pollock's and his own acknowledg ments for the kind mention of the Lieut.-Colonel, and for the cordial reception which they had re ceived from the regiment. In the Ist Surrey Rifles he had always taken the deepest interest, and had witnessed with great satisfaction their performances upo❑ Clapham-common. Three cheers having been given in honour of Sir George and Lady Pollock, the same compliment was paid to Lient.-Culonel Macdonald, and the proceedings were brought to a close. - - LORD RUSSELL'S NOTE. (From the Index,) Lord Russell's reply to the Confederate Commis sioners, acknowledging the receipt of an official copy of the manfesto put forth by the Congress of the Confederate States, takes us, we confess, some• what by surprise. It is true that for a short time ' past a vague rumour has been afloat in diplomatic circles on the Continent, and has even found ex pression in the Paris correspondence of the Lai pendance Beige and other journals not prone to credit too easily anything favourable to the South. Chia rumour was to the effect that the America❑ policy of the Foreign Office was undergoing essen tial modifications, and that, while England would not take the initiative, an opportunity would be welcomed for joining France in any steps in which the latter assumed the chief responsibility. We did not, and do not now, attach any real portance to such diplomatic chitchat, and yet Lord Russell's note surprises us. Not that, intrinsically, it contains anything more than what belongs to the formula of international civility, but because it is prompt, courteous, and —though it repeats that jargon about strict and impartial neutrality which, in the Foreign Secre tary's mouth, has often sounded ironical—it prac tically recognises the political equality and identi. cal title to consideration of the two belligerent fede rations. This is, on Earl Russell's part, an im mense step in the right direction. It would be churlish in us tb grudge him credit for it. But if he intends to be consistent, and if he once admits that the same measure mus: by right be meted to both the South and the North, we cannot see how, ander present circumstances, be is to stop short of actual recognition. We will not repeat arguments which frequent reiteration has rendered hackneyed, we will only observe that after the 4th day of March next the last pretext for further delay will have disappeared. On that day a government will go into operation at Washington in which the States of the South have confessedly neither lot nor part nor voice. In the election of the Bth of last month the vote of every state not actually in the Union or in the occupation of the Union armies was, by an act of Federal Congress, formally ex cluded. The highest legislative authority of the United States on that occasion decreed that the States of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, were not among the number Of the United States. The government organised upon the basis of the election of the Bth knows them only as foreign enemies, to be conquered by force. So long as a Federal executive and legisla. tore at Washingto❑ claimed to represent all the States which formed part of the Union in 1860, and could date their existence back to a period when all the States did so form part, there might be an ex cuse—albeit an unsound and sophistical one—for foreign powers to consider that executive and legis lature as the rightful authority over all the States. [he executive and legislature which commence their term of authority on March 4 cannot, and do not, set up any such pretension. This new govern. went at Washington presents to Europe no title which is vested with even greater validity in the government at Richmond, which is by three years its senior. The only possible technical conflict of jurisdiction is narrowed down to three States— fennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri—which are equally claimed by both governments. With this exception, which cannot cause any serious difficulty, the diplomacy of neutrals is now free to act as it the United States and the Confederate States were situated in different continents. Loss OF ANOTHER HULL STEAMER.—On Wed nesday evening the sad intelligence arrived at Hull that the screw steamer Tartar, Captain White, belonging to Messrs Bailey, Leetham, and Co., of that port, had bcea totally lost, and that the captain had been drowned. Thenews was communicated by the mate, in a letter dated from Christian sand, on Saturday last, It stated that on that day the steamer had gone on shore in a heavy gale. Sho soon became a total wreck, and the captain was unfortunately swept away by the heavy sea and drowned. The remainder of the crew managed to land in. safely. The Tartar was on her voyage from Ci,tl3 to Hull when the sad disaster oc curred. Hie was an iron slip, and hailed from London. The lambing season has already commenced in Cornwall, Mr Chndleigh and Mr Muchmore, farmers, near Liskeard, having this week received several additions to their flocks. [ADvErtilsrariT• - i —Holloway's Ointment.—Painless Cures.—Sores, wermus, u!cEratior c, and other diseases affecting the skin arc amendable b this cooling- and heal ing unguent . It has called forth the lo u d est p ra i ses f rom persons who had suffered for years from bad lege, abscesses, and chronic ulcers, after every hope of cure had long passed away. None but those who have experienced the soothing effect of this ointment can form an idea of the comfort it bewows by restraining ifilimmation and allaying pain. Whenever this ointm en t h as b een once used it has estab • lished its own worth, an has again been eagerly sought for as the easiest and safest remedy fur till ulcerous complaints. la neuralgia, rhAnultisin, and gout, the same application properly 1, 1e( 1 gives wonderful relief, WAR OFFICE, Nov. 30. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give order s for the appointment of the undermentioned ullicers to 'b o Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order c./ the Bath, viz. :—Captain John Montagu Hayes, R.N. ; c p tain William Montagu. Dowell, R.N.; C apta i n John noab_,. house Inglis Alexatider, R.N. ; and Lieutenant -Colonel Grigor Suther, of the Royal Marines. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. I. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Donald Malcolm Logic, Esq , now Legal Vic e . Consul, Canoellkr, and Registrar of the Cousular Court at Smyrna, to be her Majesty's Consul-General at Constantinople. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Signor Fortv„. nato Lawouroux as Consul at Calcutta for his Majesty the King of Italy. DEC. 2. The Queen. has been pleased to approva of M. Philip Douglas Alexander as Vice-Consul at Bristol for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenturgh. WAR OFFICE, FALL-MALL, DEc. 2. 58th Regiment of Foot-1114or-General Charles Crau. Turd Hay to be Colonel, vice General Edward Buckley Wynyard. C. 8., deceased. BANKRUPTS, That portion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. Course of Exchange,—This Day, Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 10 Antwerp - 25 571 Brussels — 2 . 5 57i , Hamburg — 13 8 Paris . Sh ort. 25 17/ Ditto Marseilles — 25 67/ Frankfort on Maine —12 w, Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 29/ Berlin — 11 1G 11 191 12 19 25 621 25 621 13 81 25 221 25 60 25 62± 120/ 12 10 12 10 29 Madrid Cadiz Leghorn.. — 20 . 44 70 25 75 Milan — 25 7u o 5 75 Genoa — 25 70 25 75 Naples Palermo .— 26 721 25 77i Messina - 26 721 25 77i Lisbon Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... ..per oz., £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars .• • TFIE CUANCES OF WAR.—On the evening of the Gth of November, Sergeant Marvin, of the 2d New York Cavalry, tied Corporal Bennett, returning to camp near Cedar Creek, were captured by some of Mosby's men. Mosby, having captured 22 other men, had determined to hang seven of there, in retaliation for seven of his men having been hung by General Custer, and the selection was made by lot. But 'it turned out that two of those who drew the seven "prizes" from the hat were men who had befriended a Confederate family in the vicinity, and Mosby decided that if any new prisoners were brought in before the execution, two of them should b 3 substituted for these two men ; and accordingly Marvin and Bennett were put upon the death -roll. Lieut. Smith was, detailed to conduct the executior, which was to take place on the Winchester Road, where the Federal troops would be sure to find the bodies hanging in the morn ing. On the march to the spot, the night being dark, one succeeded in slipping from his wrist the cord which bound the seven together and making his escape. The other six arrived at the appointed place, and three were hung up by the neck to the limb of a tree. The remaining three begged so hard to be shot that Lieut. Smith yielded to their en treaties, and they stood up in a row to meet death in that form. Bennett was shot through the head, and instantly killed. A revolver was discharged at thenext man, tloffiegale ; the ball struck him in the arm, and he fell to the ground, and had the presence of mind to pretend to be dead. The third was Marvin. A man put the muzzle of a revolver to his head, and pulled the trigger; the cap did not explode. Marvin is a powerful fellow, and quick as thought he knocked the man down and ran for his life. The guard started in pursuit, and fired a number of shots at him, but none of them took effect. Reaching a piece of wood he dashed in and climbed a tree, and though his pursuers passed close by the darkness of the night enabled him to escape discovery. Lieutenant Smith returning went up to Hoffingale, who still lay motionless in the road, and after kicking him said, "He is dead," and left him there; but he is alive and safe and will recover. Marvin says Lieutenant Smith and his men said they regretted the necessity of having to exe cute the prisoners, but must obey orders.—New York. 2 lines. A CONVICT'S VIEWS ABOUT CONVICTS.—The only thing you have to guard against is keeping them in prison too long. Long imprisonments defeat their own end. In the first place, after a time they lose their power to pain ; so all powerful is use that probab!y no sys tem could be devised, short of one involving the most re volting cruelty, which would not come after a while to bo borne with indifference. Thus, there is scarcely a prisoner to whom the routine and confiement of prison life continue to be a sourco of anything like acute suffering after the first year, or whom the close of the second year does not tied callous and comfortable. All would prefer being at large—some for love of wife or child, left in the hard world outside—all for love of personal independence. But few feel much, those who feel at all aro touched through their affections, and it is hard to cause any but the finer and more highly educated natures much suffer ing even through these. The same relief comes to them which seems to come to all in great and irremediable trouble. . • . This power of living for the present acorns to be possessed by a'l alike. It is by no means confined to the class of which I am now speaking. The dark, morose, sullen ruffian, and the conscience-stricken melancholy criminal, who is the convict of our imagina tion, has no existence in reality, or is to be found only during the first few months after conviction. On the contrary, such unvaried cheerfulness, such general for bearance, such a power of taking everything pleasantly as animates, almost without exception, those who have been long in confinement is not, perhaps, to be met with in any other social circle in the world. Look into the exercise-grounds at Fremantle, and you will say that no party of pleasure was ever apparently so free front distutb ing influences, or displayed so great an amount of tranquil enjoyment as the denounced and exiled men before you. And so completely is this the result of other causes than light punishment, that those undergoing the additional and terribly severe sentences• fur attempting to escape, and other prison offences, are as careless and happy as the rest. Loaded, many of them, with 281 b of iron night and day, condemned to wear them for one to three years; placed, some of them so loaded, on lib of bread a day for GO or 70 days at a lime, and presenting, after such fasts, such a spectacle of emaciation that, if they _ _ Were to appear (just as they are) in the streets of London, . _ .. they would raise a general burst of indignation ; they yet dofy it all. Their punishment is very painful at firkt, and sufficiently painful all along to make them feel very savage, and quistly cherish a future revenge, But after th© first 14 days, which they say is worse than all the rest. they suffer no acute pain. Borne up by the elasticity of youth—strong in their motto, " I can do it," and becom . log better able mentally, if not physically, to bear their sufferings every successive day—they grow as inditlerent to their own additional sentence as they did to their original one.—Cornhll Magazine. A YOUNG WOMAN MURDERED BY lIER SWEET.' HEART.-CONFESSION OF THE MURDERER.—About two years ago a young woman, named Jane Lewis, was brutally murdered on her way to chapel on a Sunday even ing, near the village of Cwm Ystrad, Glaruurganshire. Suspicion fell at the time on a young man named Thomas Williams, who was kn own t o b e paying h i s a dd ress es to die deceased, and he was apprehended and committed for trial on the charge of murder, u - as tried at the 43tlauturgaubbire u4t.i . :teE, but ths evidence being incomplete the jury rc - turnil a verdict of not guilty. Williams has just died, and a few hours befura his death ho made a lull confession that he was the murderer of Jane Lewis, his Fortner sweetheart. EMIGRATION FROM LIVERFOOL.—The monthly ret u r n of the Government Emigration effi , cra shows that during November there sailed from Liverpool 21 ships under the act, conveying 5,539 passengers. Of these, 17 vessels, conveying. 4,251 passengers, were for the TJuited States—ono with 371 passengers, for Queensland— ttd three eliii ll w l ' ro:seng(:rs, for Victoria , There also sailed, in de p end ent o f the ac t, 13 vessels, with 518 i i , with passengers. _Five, with '248 passengers, were tor the United States—one for New South Wales, with 28 passengers — one for Victoria, with 44 passengers —and the remainder to other pone. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE BOMBAY MAIL. [RETITER'S TELEGRAM.] SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ellora with the above mails has arrived here. She brings 53 passengers and a genez al cargo, including 1,650 bales of raw silk, value £150,000 sterling, The English bark Eilergill, of Mull, bound to Barcelona, was ab.ndoned in a sinking state on the 21st ult. i❑ the Bay of Biscay. Gibraltar, Nov. 27. Exchange on London, 50 to 501. Paris, 5.27. Freights unaltered. i LONDON GAZETTE---This Evening, WIND.:' OR CAS I LE, Nov. 30. This day had audience of her Majesty—Senor Don Federico L. BarrLda, Envy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary tram the Republic of Peru, to deliver hi s credential s; t o wh i ch audience he was introduced by Earl Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Po. reign Affairs. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour a Knighthood upon Thomas henry Eq., Chief klagistrs.te at Bow -street. _ 99 lf.o !021 3 48 7; 133 153 4i 78i B 114 k 301 I 28 si 91 1031 97